Disneyland.......again

Chesney and I took a little trip to California last week to visit some friends of ours visiting from Australia. It was lovely seeing them again and Chesney loved being able to hang with her best bud- Cooper. We flew out on Thursday morning, spent all day Friday at Disneyland with our friends and then flew back to MN on Saturday. It was a short trip but very enjoyable.

Chesney with Ariella

A visit to Minnie Mouse's house

Cooper and Chesney enjoying a cup of tea in Minnie's kitchen

Breaking out of Goofy's jail

Chesney, Billy, Cooper and Antonia on the teacup ride

If you haven't been to disneyland before, it truly is amazing to experience. There is no place cleaner or friendlier or more magical to visit.

Look at the flowers. They were magnificent and everywhere.

Having been our 4th time to visit Disneyland, I can offically cross it off my list of places I need to go to. But I do suggest you all meander on over for a day of fun.

Summer is coming to an end.......boohoohoo

I know, you all feel my pain. "Poor Kelly. BooHooHoo. Suck it up, Jahnke- We are cold in MN." But actually I misspoke. School break summer is ending. We still have months left to enjoy the heat. Teehee.
I have to say we have made the most of these 6 weeks off between school years. Want to know what we have been up to? Well, thanks for asking- I shall tell you.

First up, Chesney lost a tooth, this being her fourth. We were on the beach when she lost it, so I consider her lucky it didn't fall in the sand where it would have been gone for all eternity.

Then we had the pleasure of my parents, Bob and Martha, coming for a visit over Christmas.

Duey and I were able to take advantage of the parents mentioned above for babysitting and went into Sydney to watch the fireworks over the harbour bridge. Spectacular.

Logan attended a daylong Rugby Camp and he loved it.

Chesney went to an ice skating lesson to see if she would like it. She did not.

We hung out at Darling Harbour.

We went to the Sydney Aquarium

Chesney lost her fifth tooth. She is such a trooper. She won't pull it out when it is uber loose. But she doesn't freak out when it gets stuck in odd positions from eating either. Good girl, her daddy was very proud because, according to him, he use to freak out at losing teeth as a boy.

We took in a day at the Taronga Zoo

The we went to the Australian Museum, where logan tried on various animal skulls

And Chesney couldn't understand why I was saying "Maybe a dingo ate your baby."

Australia Day was yesterday, So like all good Americans living in Australia, we celebrated.

We hung out with the very large crowd of people

We listened to the singers on the floating stage, including the recent Australian Idol winner (whose name I can't remember) and the bushy haired guy that sings "You make me feel like dancing" (whose name I also can't recall). Then the sail boat show.

What else did we see?

Fireworks, of course. And lots of them. The show was spectacular.

But above all, we just hung out and soaked in the sun.

School starts back for Chesney tomorrow- she will be entering in year 2
Logan starts back on Monday for his last year at preschool. He will be going three full days this year. Hmmmm, what will I do with all my free time.

The love of her life

The other weekend I had a get together with a bunch of my friends at my house. Antonia, who is Cooper's mum, was there. If you remember Cooper- he is chesney's best mate/future husband. Anyway, Cooper send his mum with some flowers for her to give Chesney. How sweet is that?

The wants of the teenager

Chesney has put together a bag of must haves for when she is a teenager. I would say these are pretty much the same things I wanted as a teenager.

Catching up with my little cousin

Chesney has just lost her 3rd tooth, slowly and steadily she is is losing them. A few weeks ago she was going to ask the tooth fairy to move in with us upon her visit to collect Chesney's tooth. She made her a house out of boxes, made furniture, wrote a note inviting her to come. But then she decided it would be too much work taking care of a fairy. Thank goodness, I was going crazy trying to come up with a note to write from the tooth fairy explaining why she couldn't stay. Good things kids move on quickly from things.

Chesney had her best friend, Cooper, come for a sleepover a couple of weeks ago. Cooper slept in logans bed and Chesney was in hers. It was very cute listening to them talking and telling jokes to each other. Chesney is sure they will one day be married, we'll see.

Father's Day Fun

This past Sunday Australians everywhere celebrated Dad. Including us. We went on a picnic to Clive Park and climbed around on the rocky beach of Middle Harbour. Logan gave Daddy his usual present- some kind of toy for him to play with and Chesney gave Dad some funky cups with swirly straws in them. It was a beautiful sunny perfect day.

Our Budding Artist

Chesney has started in a weekly art class at the local community centre. she has been on the waitlist for the class since February so when a spot came available we jumped at it. She loves going to the class and has turned out some pretty good pieces of art if I do say so myself. I think these will look good framed and hung in our house. Don't you?

A drawing she did of her grandpa Bob and Grandma Martha, complete with grandma's lipstick and grandpa's mustache.
Chesney has also drawn a picture of what she plans on doing with her grandparents when they visit over Christmas. Get ready to hang out on the beach and catch some waves on the surfboard, grandpa!

Chesney's new pet

Chesney has been wanting a dog for ages now- She knows that we need to wait until we move back to MN before getting one, but she talks constantly about what kind, what to name it, where it will sleep and what she will teach it to do. I think she is getting tired of waiting because she has come up with alternatives to the dog that she can have now. Most recently is her pet Slug- Zeo
Did you know slugs need to stay wet to live and they can eat a piece of a mushroom in no time. The can also live for up to 15 years
Chesney got bored with it after only 5 days- I guess we will never know how long they can really live.

Silly , Silly You and Me- a novel by Chesney Jahnke

Silly, Silly You and Me

Silly, Silly You and Me. Go to your home and climb a tree

Tree, Tree You and Me. I saw a cat in that tree

Cat, Cat You and Me. I saw that cat, got it you see

I got, I got You and Me. I got that cat up in that tree.

It, It You and Me. It is the end, you see.